What is the crime rate in Oakland Borough, NJ?

In 2025, the Oakland Police Department reported 7 violent crimes and 45 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 54 violent and 347 property crimes per 100,000 of the 12,963 residents it serves.

Across New Jersey the rates were 199 and 1,267.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 54
Property per 100,000: 347
Violent crimes: 7
Property crimes: 45

Crime reported by the Oakland Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	6	47	39	308	12,666
2024	4	31	44	340	12,944
2025	7	54	45	347	12,963

Violent crimes reported went from 6 in 2023 to 7 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 39 in 2023 to 45 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Oakland Borough against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Oakland Borough	54	347
New Jersey	199	1,267
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Oakland Borough, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Oakland Borough	—	54	347
Franklin Lakes Borough	2.4 mi	18	159
Wanaque Borough	2.6 mi	70	106
Pompton Lakes Borough	3.1 mi	81	412
Wyckoff Township	4.3 mi	17	382
Riverdale Borough	4.6 mi	48	2,001
Mahwah Township	4.6 mi	62	425
Bloomingdale Borough	5.0 mi	51	154
Ringwood Borough	5.3 mi	42	195

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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